Shade and ctjbtain bbacket



,I.A. HEMFLING. sluwe AND CURTAIN BHACKET. APPLICATION FILED JULY I?. I920.

1,417,247. Patented Mms, 1922.

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JOHN A. HEMFLING, OF LESTER PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA.

SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

Application led July 17, 1920. Serial No.

To all whom t may concern.'

lie it known that l, JOHN A. HEMFLING, a. citizen of the United `States, residing` at Lester Prairie, in the county of McLeod and State of Minnesota, have invented 'certain new and useful Improvements in Shade and Curtain Brackets, of which the following is a specification'.

This invention relates to window fixtures, andthe primary object of the invention is to provide an improved combined window shade and curtain rod holder so as to eliminate the necessity of providing a separate fixture for holding the curtain and for holdino' the window shade.

i, nother prime object of the invention is to provide an improved window shade and curtain holder which can be adjusted to various sized window casings and which will not require any extraneous means for holding the same in position, thereby eliminating the necessity of mai-ring the woodwork by the use of nails, screws, tacks and the like. j

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved combined window shade and curtain holder embodying a pair of adjust-able clamps or jaws arranged to engage the opposite sides of the window casing, the jaws carrying the shade roller support and the curtain rod support.

A. still further object of the invention is to provide an improved combined window shade holder and curtain support of the above character, which is durable and eilicient inuse, one that is simple and easy to manufacture, and one which can be placed upon the market at a reasonable cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel'construction, arrangement and formation of parts as will be hereinafter more specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specificat-ion, in which drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of the window casing showing the improved combined window shade holder and curtain rod support in operative position thereon.

Figure 2 is a plan view of one of the supports.

Figure 3 is an enlarged front elevation of the Samet- Specfication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1922.

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Figure -f'i is an inner end view of the same, and

Figure is a detail perspective view of the curtain rod holder carried by the support.

Referring` to the drawings in detail. wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several riews, the letter A generally indicates the improved combined curtain rod support and window shade holder, which is adapted to engage the window frame B.

The improved combined window shade holder and curtain rod support comprises a pair of members 10 and 11 which are adapted'to be positioned at opposite sides of the window casing as is usual in window shade .or curtain supports. Each of the members 10 and 11 includes a section 12 and a section 13. Each of these sections is substantially triangular shaped and the section 12 is provided with a right angularly extending clamping jaw 141 which lies in parallel relation with the right angular extending clamping jaw 15 formed on the section 13. Each of these jaws 14 and 15 is provided with. right angularly extending biting teeth 16 and 17. It can be seen that these biting teeth 16 and 1T ai'e adapted to engage in the opposite faces of the side membersof the window casing so as to etfectivel;7 hold the members 10 and 11 in operative position in relation to each other. The section 12 of each one of the members 10 and 11 includes the inwardly extending` cylindrical rod 18 which is adapted to extend through the opening formed in the foot 19 formed on the inner end of the section 13. The right angularly extending jaw 15 formed on the section 13 is also provided with an aperture which is formed in direct alignment with the aperture formed in the foot 19 and the portion of the rod 18 which is adapted to extend through the aperture termed in the jaw 15 is threaded as at 2O and a winged nut 21 is adapted to be threaded on the rod so as to bring` the jaws 141 and 15 toward or away from each other and thus permit of the adjustment of the same in relation to the width of the side pieces of the window frame B. The section 18 has the lower edge of the jaw 15 thereof provided with an integral depending extension 22 this extension is provided with an upstanding vertically disposed plate 23. rlhis plate 2B has its upper end provided with the usual opening 24. 'for the reception of the spindle lornied on the terminals of the window shade roller, and it is to be understood that one of these members 23 is provided with the usual recess for receiving the cylindrical spindle termed onthe window. shade roller and the other provided with the slot provided for the recept-ion of the polygonal shapedstud formed on the opposite end of the window shade roller. It' can be seen that these plates 23 extends inwardly from the side members oi the window casing and are adapted to support the ordinary winden1 shade designated by the letter C. It also can be seen that where there is a slight difference in the .vidth of the window shade,- the plates 23 may be forced toward or awav irom each other to make up this slight diiiierence.

Each of the sections 12 of the members '10 and 1l are provided at its upper and lower terminals with aligned eyes 26 and these aligned eyes 26 are adapted to receive a curtain pole supporting rod 27. The rods 27 are adapted to support the usual or any preferred type oit curtain pole designated by the letter Each of these rods 27 shown includes a vertically disposed body portion 28 and the right angularly disposed terminal 29 which is adapted to 'form a hook for' the'reception of a terminal or" the curtain" supporting pole D. The lower end of thev body portion 28 oi the curtain pole holder 27, is provided with a right angular portion 30 and a depending extension which is adapted to tit in the aligned eyes 26. The upper eye 26 has its upper surface provided with a notch 32 in which is adapted to lit the right angularly extending portion 30, and the provision of this notch prevents the turning movement of the rod 28 for the curtain pole and the eye.

In applying the improved combined windovvshade and curtain bracket to a window casing it is merely necessary to place the sections l2 and 13 on the window casing adjacent to the upper ends thereoi1 and tighten the wing nut 21 on the threaded portion 2() of the rod `18. This will effe tively bring the jaws 14 and 15 into tight engagement with the opposite faces of the side pieces of the window casing which will `force the biting teeth 16 and 17 into the window casing. lf necessary the jaws 14 and 1Z5` may be given a slight tap sov as to further force the biting teethv into biting engagement with the window casing. The provision of the plates 23 extending inwardly ofthe inner sections 13 of the mem bers' 1T) and 11` permits the easy placing' oi' the- Window shade on a window and eliminates the hiding of a portion of the window casing which is usual in the ordinary type oit shade bracket now employed. The means employed for connecting the rods 27 for the curtain pole is also a novel arrangement and it can be seen that the curtain pole will be effectively supported above the window shade roller which is desirable.

Changes in details may be made without departing Jfrom the spirit or scope of this invention; but,

I claim:

1. A window shade and curtain pole bracket comprising a pair oli independent plates, the outer edges oit said plates being provided respectively with right angularly extending jaws arranged to engage the oppositie side faces o't the side piece or' a Window casing, an inwardly extending rigid rod carried by the outer plate, the inner plate havingaligned openings for slidably receiving the rod, the inner end of said rod being threaded, an adjusting nut threaded on said rod, vertically aligned eyescarried by the outer plate, a curtain pole supporting rod arranged to be detachably litted in said eyes and including a body portion and a right angularly extending foot, the upper eye having a notch formed therein arranged to receive said toot, anda hook member formed on the upper terminal ofthe rod, the inner plate having a vertically disposed extension formed thereon and provided with means for the reception of the pintle `of a shade roller.

2. In a combined window shade and curtain pole supporting bracket, a pair of triangularr shaped sections, right angularlyextending jaws `formed on the base portions of the sections, ini Yardly extending biting teeth ifmmed on the outer edge-s of the jaws, an inwardly extending rod termed on the apex portion. of one of the sectionsj a right an gularly extending foot formed on the apex portion oi the other section. the right' an- ,Q'ularly extending foot and jaw of the last mentioned section having aligned openings therein arranged to slidably receive the rod, the outer end of said rod' being threaded, a winged nut' `titted on said rod arranged to trictionally vengage the last mentioned section, a depending resilient bendable plate formed on the lower edge of the jaw of the last mentioned section, a vertically disposed ext'ensionformed on saidvbendable plate providedk with means for the reception of' a pintle of a window shade roller, the other section having vertically alignedv eyes formed therein, and a curtain pole supporting rod detachably fitted in said aligned eyes. p

JOHN A. HEMFLING, 

